The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-12-28

upon tho certificate o. the supcriptend
ent Of Gnid school tina tho appointee is
in actual attendance upon said school
and is maintaining herself with credit
therein.
Section 1. That upon the completion
Of their course such beneficiary students
shall be required TO teach for ono year
in the common schools of tho respective
counties from which they are appointed
Provided, positions are offered them as
first grade teachers in such schools.
Section 5. That the State superintend-
ent of education shalt be cx-otficiO q
member of the board OF trustees of "The
Winthrop Training School for Teachers. u
THE WESLEY CLAIM
was next taken up on the majority re-
port of the ways and means committee
recommending that the matter 10 re-
ferred to the attorney general to report
to tho next General Assembly. A
minority report was submitted by
Messrs. Brown and Pope objecting to
such reference and pronouncing the
report was adopted by heavy majority.
NO MORE CuRoMos.
The following is bill of some inter
est
Section l. That no person shall sell,
exchange or dispose of any article of
food, or attempt to 90 so, upon any rep
resentation, advertisements, notice or in
ducement that anything other than what
is specially stated to bo the subject of
tho sale or exchange, is or is to be de-
livered or received, or any way connect
ed with or part of the Transaction, as u
gift, prize, premium or reward to the
purchaser. Any person violating any of
tho provisions of this section shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished by fine not exceeding one hun
dred dollars or by imprisonment not eX-
ceediDg thirty days.
Section 2. This Act shall go into effect
from and after the date Of its approval
THE COLUMBIA CANAL.
Tho Columbia Canal bill was reached
on Tuesday night. There was fight, q
very hot fight, in which good many
hard words were snid ard good many
yeas and nays were called. even after the
House had voted "a to 80 to refuse to
strike out the enacting words Of the bill
The opposition came principally from
Edgeiield, Sumter, Newberry, Spartan.
burg and Darlington. Some Of the
speeches were vory bitter.
DIR. Pope led the attack and charged
the supporters OF the bill with springing
n mine on the House. This was denied
by Colonel Haskell in equally emphstic
terms. Mr.. Haskell charged the mem
bor from Ncwberry with making charges
which existed only III his imagination
just about the time when the discussion
was getting red hot another vote was
reached on motion to amend tho bill
in such way as to give the trustees the
right of way instead of "the lands" as
was expressed in the bill as it came from
the Senate.
The amendment was Rdopted-yeas
SO, nays 45--and was amended so Gs to
give the trustees the right Of way, and
tho earth, stones and other material
necessary for tho construction of the
Canal and banks. This latter amend
ment being accepted by tho friends of
tho bill, the House adjourned without
reaching final vote on the bill Next
day "Wednesday tho bill passed tho
House, with some unimportant amend
mcnts; and it has since become law.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
The House bill to prevent and punish
frauds III primary elections elicit<d n
spirited debate. Mes rs. Hamilton, of
Chester, the two Thomases, Gary and
Blackwell, OF Edgefcld, opposed tie
measure, which was ronndly denounced
as an understandable attempt on tho part
of the Legislature to control the party
machinery with which it had nothing to
do. Mcssrs. Brawlcy, Hyde, Wilson, Of
York, Rutland, of Fairfield, and Dantz-
ler, OF Orangeburg, advocated the bill on
the grounds of good public policy. The
bil was finally recommitted by vote Of
81 to about 80, the negative vote not be-
ing counted. To recommit the bill at
such stage of the session was virtually
to kill it.
FORFEITED LANDS.
There were three bills relating to for
feited lands Oh the Calendar. Two of
these were left over from the last session.
One OF them, known as the Murray
bill, prol osed to remedy the trouble by
bringing suit in the Courts of Common
Pleas against delinquent taxpayers, re-
covering judgment and issuing execu-
ton thereon. The Patterson bill, which
was passed by tho Senate recently, au-
thorizes the issuing by the sheriff Of dis
tress warrants (without n suit at law
against the personal and real property of
delinquent taxpayers. The third bill
was not considered.
A motion was carried to take up the
Murray bill first, and Mr.. Burke, of
Charleston, fired the first gun with a
motion to strike out the enacting words.
Then followed fve-minute speeches by
Messrs. Parker, Of Abbeville, Simpson,
of Spartanburg, and Haskell of Rich
land, in favor of the Patterson bill. Mr..
Pope, of Newborry, holding up the MUIR
ray bill end of tho debate.
Finally Mr.. Brawley called the atten.
ton Of the House to the necessity OF de-
Gliding which plan it preferred--the
Murray or the Patterson, and in order to
get at sense of the House, moved to
indefinitely postpone the bill under con
sideration--v the Murray bill.
This motion was carried without a
division and then the Patterson bill was
taken up, There was no fuither discus
h,xA z.